TODAY Checkbook Journalism and Contempt of Court
TRUMP ON TRIAL: Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified yesterday that he arranged in 2015 with Donald Trump and his then lawyer Michael Cohen to print favorable stories about Trump and kill the scandalous ones to help Trump in his campaign to become president. Prosecutors called it the “Trump Tower conspiracy.”
YESTERDAY Trump’s Pecker Problem
ORDER IN THE COURT: The former executive of the National Enquirer tabloid testified yesterday in Donald Trump’s criminal trial that the paper paid people for their stories, setting the stage for how Donald Trump paid the porn actress Stormy Daniels for silence about her one-night stand with the former president. “We used
Pecker testified that during the August 2015 meeting Pecker asked what he and his tabloid could do “to help the campaign.” Pecker said he responded that, “I would be your eyes and ears,” and that he explained the tabloid practice of “catch and kill,” in which he would buy the rights to a damaging story...
The tabloid king did just that, paying to bury the claim by former Playboy model Karen McDougal that she’d had an affair with Trump, and shelling out $30,000 to a Trump Tower doorman who falsely said Trump had a child out of wedlock.
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Opening Statements at Trump Payoff Trial
Monday, April 22, 2024
ORDER IN THE COURT: Opening arguments are expected today in Donald Trump’s Stormy Daniels payoff case in the first trial in which a former president is exposed to a felony conviction. Although they have a lineup of witnesses and a paper …
Read moreMan Burns Himself at Trump Trial
Saturday, April 20, 2024
MAN ON FIRE: Just as CNN was live on air announcing the final selection of the jury in Donald Trump’s criminal trial, a man in the park across the street from the courthouse set himself on fire yesterday afternoon. CNN showed …
Read moreIsrael Strikes Back at Iran
Friday, April 19, 2024
COUNTERSTRIKE: Israel ended the suspense and struck back at Iran overnight in retaliation for Iran’s massive missile and drone attack last weekend. Prior to this attack, Iran has said any action by Israel would result in a massive reaction, which would …
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The Most Corrupt Justice
Monday, October 2, 2023
Democracy and Video in the Dark
Sunday, February 26, 2023
Page Two: Do the Right Thing
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Page Two: Sound Recall
Monday, September 13, 2021
Page Two: Cuomo Must Go
Friday, August 13, 2021
Trump and the Truth
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
The “Great” President
Monday, March 30, 2020
The Wright Stuff
Saturday, February 29, 2020
It's Been Said
"In my mind, I’ve never crossed the line with anyone, but I didn’t realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn. There are generational and cultural shifts that I just didn’t fully appreciate, and I should have, no excuses."
-Andrew Cuomo, resigning as governor of New York after accusations of sexual harassment
